At 70, Kim Basinger Makes Rare Appearance With Changed Style & Supportive Partner

Oct 02, 2023

Kim Basinger is a talented actress. She was born on Dec. 8, 1953, to mother Ann Cordell and father Donald Wade Basinger. While Kim’s mom was a model, actress, and swimmer, her father was a big band musician and a loan manager. Hence, it is no surprise that she was nurtured into the arts from an early age. Kim, who was a shy kid, started ballet classes at 3 and continued taking those classes until her teen years when she gained the confidence to join the cheerleading team.

At the age of 17, Kim competed in the Junior Miss Scholarship Pageant, where she won at the city level. Despite not winning at the state level, her beauty was profiled at the national level. Kim went on to become a Ford model, but despite racking in impressive cash from modeling, she hated it because it made her overly conscious of her body.

After years as a cover girl, she abandoned modeling and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Kim landed several guest roles on small screen projects until 1978, when she earned her first starring role in “Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold.” She went on to feature in several other projects until she got her breakthrough role as Bond girl Domino Petachi in the 1983 James Bond film “Never Say Never Again.”

Since coming into the limelight, she has won several accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. With her reduced activity in the industry, Kim has not made many public appearances in some time. However, in September 2023, fans swooned over photos of Kim out and out with her partner.

Besides making headlines for the success of her career as an actress, Kim was also a subject of attention in her personal life. In addition to her rich dating profile, the “L.A. Confidential” star has been married and divorced twice.

She was first married in 1980 to makeup artist Ron Snyder-Britton. The couple met on the set of the 1981 film “Hard Country” and got married after a whirlwind romance. In the same year, the actress suffered her first episode of agoraphobia after she had a panic attack in a health-food store. She was homebound for months. When she was eventually ready to work again, Britton had to quit his job to accompany her to film sets because of her panic attacks. The pair were married for nine years until their divorce in 1989.

One year after her first marriage ended, Kim met her second husband, Alec Baldwin, on the set of “The Marrying Man,” where they co-starred as lovers. Their onscreen romance continued offscreen, and in 1993, the lovebirds exchanged vows. They welcomed their daughter, Ireland Baldwin, in 1995 before separating in 2000. Kim called Ireland her “greatest achievement.” Nowadays, Kim is a doting grandmother to Ireland’s child.

In 2002, the divorce between the couple was finalized but was followed by a bitter custody battle for their daughter.

The actress, who had turned down a role in “Sleeping with the Enemy,” told Net-A-Porter, "Isn't it funny that I turned down 'Sleeping with the Enemy' and then I went on to sleep with the enemy! Alec and I are cool now, though. Life goes on."

In 2014, over a decade after her divorce, the former Bond girl found love again with hairstylist Mitch Stone. However, they were friends for about 20 years beforehand. The couple started dating shortly after they met and are currently living together.

Kim spoke with Georgian Journal:

“I truly have no regrets, I try to live everyday in the present not having one foot in the future or one foot in the past. I try to stay in the present everyday and to be grateful and thankful to God for life.”

In the prime of her career, Kim was a sight for sore eyes, and she is still absolutely beautiful today. Besides making a statement with her cover feature in Playboy magazine, she was ranked number three in Los Angeles Times Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful Women in Film.” 

However, as she grew older, people began to notice changes in her facial structure, fueling rumors that she underwent surgery. In a 2006 publication by Evening Standard, plastic surgeon Alex Karidis analyzed changes in her facial features that were synonymous with beauty procedures.

“I am absolutely convinced that Kim has had some filler put into her lips and work done around the mouth,” he said.

Although Kim has not publicly come out to address these rumors, she has openly talked about her struggles with social isolation. In an April 2022 publication by People, taken from her appearance on “Red Table Talk,” Kim gave insights into her battle with agoraphobia.

"I wouldn't leave the house. I would no longer go to dinner," she shared.

The actress revealed that she had to go through a learning curve, relearning to do everything that was considered basic.

"I had to relearn to drive, and for many years I would not go through the tunnels at Malibu," the actress revealed. "Everything used to make me nervous, like the glass (sliding) to open the door, or, 'Where do I step to open the door?' Everything became a big job to figure out how to do it."

Kim later opened up about a panic attack she had while shopping. “My basket was almost full, and I found something really overcoming me in such a way that I couldn't breathe,” she said. She made it to her car but didn’t drive for several months afterward.

Kim also admitted that accepting her Oscar for “L.A. Confidential was “terrifying” for her.

Thankfully, Kim has found a great partner that she feels comfortable going out in public with. In January 2022, the Daily Mail reported that Kim and Stone were spotted grabbing dinner together for the first time in three years.

Kim and Stone have been together for quite some time, and it’s always great to see them lift each other up. In August 2023, Kim took to Instagram to share how proud she was of Stone for releasing a book.

The following month, Kim was spotted in public again — and fans were over the moon to see the beautiful star. While some thought she looked unrecognizable in her big hat and oversized sunglasses, others were just happy to see Kim in such a rare moment.

“She is beautiful as always!” one person said. Another commented, “Perfectly recognizable. Looking good.” A third fan chimed in and said, “She is fine!!”

It’s fair to say that Kim has been through quite a lot, but fortunately, she has a good partner and devoted fans by her side.

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